!!!Thiele, Wilhelm b. Vienna, May 10, 1890, d. Los Angeles (USA), Sept. 7, 1975, film director. Studied at the Vienna conservatoire and worked as actor 1909-1913, later as director; debut as film director with "Maerchen aus Alt-Wien" by C. M. Ziehrer (1923), subsequently acted as script writer. His first sound film was "Die Drei von der Tankstelle" (1930). 1933 emigrated to the USA and produced several Tarzan films. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Thiele,_Wilhelm|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]